Mexican bakery on the way on Calder

LLUVIA RUEDA and HEATHER NOLAN

Published 12:00 am, Friday, March 20, 2009

A site many remember as a place for Italian eats might soon become synonymous with Mexican sweets. Anna Garcia Reyes, 36, and Alvaro Reyes, 42, are in the process of opening Ana's Mexican Bakery at 570 Calder Ave. in Beaumont -- in the former Carlo's building.
The two run an Ana's on Gulfway Drive in Port Arthur. They wanted to open a location in Beaumont because they said a lot of their Port Arthur customers asked for it.
Garcia Reyes said she and her husband have been planning to open a bakery in Beaumont for about a year now, and she expects to be open in two to three months. She said the city has to approve the building's plans, and then she has to fireproof one of the walls in the building.
Once the renovation is complete, Garcia Reyes said construction costs should come to about $400,000.
Ana's Mexican Bakery will sell bollios (rolls), empanadas, cream cakes, churros, cupcakes, finger breads and conchas, which Garcia Reyes said are the store's best sellers. Conchas are pastries in the shape of a shell, topped with a sugary icing.
Ana's Beaumont location should employ about five, and will be open seven days a week from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m.